Adrien Broner is not going to be part of this weekend’s Showtime quadrupleheader.
The former four-division titlist took to his verified Instagram account to confirm his official withdrawal from a planned junior welterweight clash against Texas’ Omar Figueroa.
“Man, I’m going [through] a lot at this moment in my life, but I ain’t go give up,” Broner stated Monday morning on social media. “I set some more goals and I finish what I started but sorry to say this but I’m not fighting August 20th.”
“Sorry to all my fans but mental health is real and I’m not about to play inside the ring,” Broner stated in an impassioned post.
“I’ve watched a lot of people die playing with they boxing career and that is something I won’t do just pray for me. I love the sport of boxing to much to not give my all and I feel like I came up short before because my mind wasn’t 100% there and I be [damned] if I make that mistake again.”
“I need to make some changes for the better instead of worrying about other people feelings and pleasing them when in all reality I have nothing to prove to nobody. I’m a 4 time world champion in 4 different weight classes and if I never lace up a pair of gloves again I feel like it’s safe to say I will be inducted into the.So I have to step back and overcome this obstacle before I go put my life on the line inside the square circle again. I know I’m far from being finished with the sport. See y’all soon.”
